Date & Time:
Apr 15, 1942 at 0515 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
Z8350
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
0
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2205LT on April 14 on an operation to Dortmund. While returning to base the following morning, the crew abandoned the airplane and parachuted to safety. The airplane dove into the ground and crashed in Petersfield.
Crew:
F/Sgt H. A. Chinn,
Sgt J. W. Bell,
F/Sgt Francis,
Sgt Wood,
F/Sgt Pickard.
Crew:
F/Sgt H. A. Chinn,
Sgt J. W. Bell,
F/Sgt Francis,
Sgt Wood,
F/Sgt Pickard.
